B. Tape Specifications and Data Format The Candidate Master information has been stored on tape in the following manner: Standard Labels ODD Parity EBCDIC LRECL = 165 9 Track BLKSIZE = 3960 1600 BPI REC/BLK = 24 Total Records: 5379 The variables have been formatted in the following ways: Mnemonics Currently Used by the Field Commission Variable Columns Desc CANIDN Candidate Identification 1-9 X(9) CANNAM Candidate Name 10-47 X(38) CANPART1 Party Designation No. 1 48-50 X(3) Filler 51-53 X(3) CANPART3 Party Designation No. 3 54-56 X(3) CANICI Incumb./Challeng./Open-seat 57 X Filler 58 X CANST Candidate Status 59 X CONADST1 Street One 60-93 X(34) CONADST2 Street Two 94-127 X(34) CANCY City or Town 128-145 X(18) CANST State 146-147 XX CANZIP Zip Code 148-152 X(5) CANPCC Principal Campaign Comm. I.D.153-161 X(9) CANYEAR Year of Election 162-163 9(2) DIST Current District 164-165 9(2) PARTY DESIGNATION NO. 1 PARTY COUNT DESCRIPTION AIP 6 AMERICAN INDEPENDENT PARTY AMP 3 AMERICAN PARTY COM 3 COMMUNIST PARTY CRV 9 CONSERVATIVE PARTY CST 3 CONSTITUTIONAL DEM 2238 DEMOCRAT PARTY DFL 26 DEMOCRAT FARM LABOR IND 333 INDEPENDENT LBL 3 LIBERAL LIB 172 LIBERTARIAN NNE 4 NONE PAF 37 PEACE AND FREEDOM POP 4 PEOPLE OVER POLITICS REP 2102 REPUBLICAN PARTY RTL 11 RIGHT TO LIFE SOC 6 SOCIALIST SUS 1 SOCIALIST PARTY U.S.A. SWP 15 SOCIALIST WORKERS PARTY TX 1 TAXPAYERS UNK 298 UNKNOWN CANDIDATE STATUS STATUS COUNT DESCRIPTION C 1864 CURRENT STATUTORY CANDIDATE F 62 FUTURE N 1840 NON CANDIDATE P 1613 POST INCUMBENT/CHALLENGER/OPEN-SEAT ICI COUNT DESCRIPTION 3262 CHALLENGER C 780 CHALLENGER I 547 INCUMBENT O 790 OPEN SEAT STATE VALUES DESIG. ABREV. COUNT STATE NAME AK 34 ALASKA AL 77 ALABAMA AR 41 ARKANSAS AS 7 AMERICAN SAMOA AZ 86 ARIZONA CA 691 CALIFORNIA CO 73 COLORADO CT 75 CONNECTICUT DC 120 DIST OF COLUMBIA DE 21 DELAWARE FL 231 FLORIDA GA 146 GEORGIA GU 3 GUAM HI 47 HAWAII IA 60 IOWA ID 35 IDAHO IL 221 ILLINOIS IN 101 INDIANA KS 55 KANSAS KY 70 KENTUCKY LA 83 LOUISIANA MA 144 MASSACHUSETTS MD 152 MARYLAND ME 25 MAINE MI 180 MICHIGAN MN 104 MINNESOTA MO 142 MISSOURI MS 56 MISSISSIPPI MT 19 MONTANA NC 118 NORTH CAROLINA ND 21 NORTH DAKOTA NE 33 NEBRASKA NH 67 NEW HAMPSHIRE NJ 200 NEW JERSEY NM 34 NEW MEXICO NV 45 NEVADA NY 300 NEW YORK OH 196 OHIO OK 64 OKLAHOMA OR 58 OREGON PA 198 PENNSYLVANIA PR 4 PUERTO RICO RI 42 RHODE ISLAND SC 58 SOUTH CAROLINA SD 22 SOUTH DAKOTA TN 93 TENNESSEE TX 266 TEXAS UT 55 UTAH VA 107 VIRGINIA VI 3 VIRGIN ISLANDS VT 26 VERMONT WA 114 WASHINGTON WI 98 WISCONSIN WV 28 WEST VIRGINIA WY 21 WYOMING ZZ 2 FOREIGN COUNTRY